Dr.Cara Augustenborg is Environmental Policy Fellow at UCD and presenter of ‘Down To Earth’ on Newstalk. She joined Kieran to discuss the challenges that can arise when owning an electric vehicle and the need for improvement in charging station, especially in rural areas. Simon Acton, of nextecocar.ie also joined the discussion explaining there is still work to be done if we are to encourage more consumers towards electric vehicles. 

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